They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. i. i. (14,15) The punishment of mankind. i. It was Eve's weakness to enter into this talk with the serpent: she might have perceived by his question, that he had no good design, and should therefore have started back. And more than every beast of the field; He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. Sin brought pain to childbirth, and no one knew more pain than Jesus did when He, through His suffering, brought many sons to glory (, Sin brought conflict, and Jesus endured great conflict to bring our salvation (, Thorns came with sin and the fall, and Jesus endured a crown of thorns to bring our salvation (, Sin brought sweat, and Jesus sweat, as it were, great drops of blood to win our salvation (, Sin brought sorrow, and Jesus became a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, to save us (, Sin brought death, and Jesus tasted death for everyone that we might be saved (, Barnhouse, Donald Grey "Genesis: A Devotional Exposition" Volumes 1 and 2 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1973), Boice, James Montgomery "Genesis: An Expositional Commentary" Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1987), Ginzberg, Louis "The Legends of the Jews" Volumes 1-7 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968), Leupold, H.C. "Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1976), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible And he shall rule over you.. Having food and a covering, let them be content; they are as well off as Adam and Eve. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. 1. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. a. A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. But their eyes were instantly opened to their own sin and rebellion. Not in the dead of night when the natural glooms of darkness might have increased the terrors of the criminal, not in the heat of the day, lest he should imagine that God come in the heat of passion; not in the early morning, as if in haste to slay, but at the close of the day, for God is long-suffering, slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Spurgeon). The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. But instead of acknowledging the sin in its full extent, and taking shame to themselves, Adam and Eve excuse the sin, and lay the shame and blame on others. The Gospels (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. a. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. Johannine Writings Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. All Rights Reserved. Adam had faith in Gods promise of a Savior, and God provided a covering for them through a sacrifice. The womans desire is to control her husband (to usurp his divinely appointed headship), and he must master her, if he can. Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. i. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? iv. Historical Books Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. WebGenesis 3:19 New International Version 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust You are cursed more than all cattle, Did sweat come in with sin? He was nailed to the cross; he hung there in thirst and fever, and darkness and desertion (Spurgeon). Obviously, they covered their genital areas. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. a. Yes, I am sure he has, and it is well said; and by his grace I will abide by it. This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. WebBut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4) God had expressly declared to Adam, in the day that you eat of (the forbidden tree) you shall surely die.. 3. This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. Now the two angels came to Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve of the living soul. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible By his death he gave a fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpent that cannot be healed. It is the common fault and folly of those that have done ill, when questioned about it, to acknowledge only that which is so manifest that they cannot deny it. It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! Prophets If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of Satan. Genesis 4. The serpent: The text here does not, by itself alone, clearly identify the serpent as Satan, but the rest of the Bible makes it clear this is Satan appearing as a serpent. The principle of Galatians 3:13 is established as we consider that Jesus bore each aspect of the curse upon Adam and Eve in its totality: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. ii. Adam named her in faith, trusting God would bring forth a deliverer from the woman because God said He would defeat Satan through the Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15). WebLot and his family flee toward the nearby city of Zoar while God rains sulfur and fire onto Sodom and Gomorrah. Sin appears most plainly in the glass of the commandment, therefore God set it before Adam; and in it we should see our faces. Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). They must have thought, Its our turn next!. i. 1. He pressed upon them greatly Partly because he would by no means have them to expose themselves to the perils and insults which he was aware awaited their Major Prophets Web19 sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk, Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried; you started out as dirt, you'll end up dirt." Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. of Scripture. It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. But to this point, she was called a female (Genesis 1:27), a helper comparable (Genesis 2:18), a woman (Genesis 2:22, 23), and a wife (Genesis 2:24, 25; 3:8). Prophets The Whole Bible She was not a mother at all, but as the life was to come through her by virtue of the promised seed, Adam marks his full conviction of the truth of the promise though at the time the woman had borne no children. (Spurgeon). Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. Johannine Writings They couldnt refuse to answer God the way a criminal might keep silent when questioned. On your belly you shall go, ii. And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. It may be that Adam and Eve were previously clothed in Gods glorious light, and the immediate loss of this covering of light left them feeling exposed and naked. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. i. Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls. Eve was responsible. i. Because of Adam: ii. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. Therefore, it is Adam and not Eve who bears the responsibility for the fall of the human race and for the introduction of death into the created order (Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:22). iii. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. d. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you: The idea is to contrast the womans desire and the husbands rule over her. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had Poetical Books He drew Eve into a discussion with him and planted the seed of doubt about Gods Word, and he exposed Eves incomplete understanding of Gods Word. Clarke on nor shall you touch it: Some Jewish writers state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, See, you have touched it, and are still alive; you may therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely you shall not die.. d. You will be like God, knowing good and evil: The final enticement was the most powerful because it was how Satan himself fell, wanting to be equal with God. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. The flaming sword was pointed against Satan to keep him from destroying the way of access to the altar, which God had set up. (Barnhouse). i. He turned aside quickly. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. Did sorrow come in with sin? b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. He asked it because He allowed Adam to make the best of a bad situation by repenting right then and there, but Adam didnt come clean and repent before God. General Epistles WebGenesis 3:16-19. But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. Pauline Epistles a. If man had not sinned, he would always have ruled with wisdom and love; if the woman had not sinned, she would always have obeyed with humility and meekness. You are cursed more than all cattle: The first part of the curse is directed at the animal that Satan used to bring the temptation. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. 2023 Christianity.com. Luke-Acts First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. i. The Old Testament ii. So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Where the gospel has gone, the load has been lifted, and woman in Christ has become the reflection of the redeemed Church, the bride of Christ. (Barnhouse). The serpent was more cunning than any beast. Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. The Gospels As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. ii. She was not even pregnant yet. The lifting of a bronze serpent is the lifting up of sin judged, in the form of a cross. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. Satan ruined himself by desiring to be like the Most High, therefore he sought to infect our first parents with the same desire, that he might ruin them too. iii. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. iii. 1. Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Eves knowledge of what she should not do is partially correct, but what she doesnt seem to know makes her all the more vulnerable to deception. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. (Spurgeon), And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Covering ourselves with our good works is like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves with fig leaves. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. WebGenesis 19. On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. Web19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. Her words, you shall not eat it and lest you die are close enough, but she added to the command and put words in Gods mouth when she said, nor shall you touch it. The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. According to a 1992 survey, as many as 12 million Americans can be considered active participants in the New Age movement, and another 30 million are avidly interested. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. i. The Gospels WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. iii. (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. a. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. iv. Major Prophets ii. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. c. In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened: Satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. This is not because there is something intrinsically unclean in our sexuality, but because we have both received our fallenness and pass it on genetically through sexual reproduction. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Learn hence, that Satan's temptations are all beguilings; his arguments are all deceits; his allurements are all cheats; when he speaks fair, believe him not. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. And you shall eat dust 1. i. Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. i. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. WebGenesis 3, Sermon Bible Commentary, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). ii. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. i. Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Webhis body was composed of the dust, was of the earth, earthly, and should be reduced to that again by death, which is not an annihilation of man, but a bringing him back to ii. 3. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! Passwords should have at least 6 characters. ii. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. If he could make Eve confused about what God said, or to doubt what God said, then his battle was partially won. i. 2. f. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel: In this, God prophesies the doom of Satan, showing that the real battle is between Satan and the Seed of the Woman. In attacking Jesus, Satan made his own doom certain. a. iii. b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. WebThe temptation from the serpent. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Minor Prophets And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). The question was meant to show that seeks after lost man. Pentateuch Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. i. Leupold on walking in the garden in the cool of the day: The almost casual way in which this is remarked indicates that this did not occur for the first time just then There is extreme likelihood that the Almighty assumed some form analogous to the human form which was made in His image.. i. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread His business, before he sinned, was a constant pleasure to him; but now his labour shall be a weariness. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible 1. Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. ii. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. e. Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed: The second part of the curse is directed against Satan himself. God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave it, therefore God made him go out. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. c. The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden: We dont know if Adam and Eve wanted to stay in the garden of Eden. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. b. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. His habitation is cursed. The Old Testament Between you and the woman, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Dont touch it or God says well die! While this is better than saying nothing, what Adam didnt explain made a vulnerable place where Satan could attack.